Wisdom Publications: 444 books
Longing for Certainty
Reflections on the Buddhist Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
In the same lyrical voice that met with such acclaim in Landscapes of Wonder, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano invites us to look upon the natural world with new eyes and to find the truths of the Buddha's teachings in our immediate experience. Attentive to the subtle power of language, Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano choose...
Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree
The Buddha's Teaching on Voidness
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Clear and simple teachings on voidness and living an ethical life.
In Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu presents in simple language the philosophy of voidness, or sunnata, that lies at the heart of the Buddhism. By carefully tying voidness to ethical discipline, Buddhadasa provides...
by Sayadaw U Silananda
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
An absolute essential of Buddhist thought and practice.
In addition to practitioners of Insight meditation, those who engage in other meditation forms such as dzogchen, mahamudra, and zazen will find that The Four Foundation of Mindfulness provides new means of understanding how to approach...
Mind Training
The Great Collection
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Compiled in the fifteenth century, Mind Training: The Great Collection is the earliest anthology of a special genre of Tibetan literature known as "mind training," or lojong in Tibetan. The principal focus of these texts is the systematic cultivation of such altruistic thoughts and emotions as compassion,...
by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
In simple and straightforward language, Bhante Gunaratana shares the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how we can use these principles to improve our daily lives, deepen our mindfulness, and move closer to our spiritual goals.
Based on the classic Satipatthana Sutta, one of the most succinct...
The Essence of Zen
The Teachings of Sekkei Harada
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
The Essence of Zen is an expert's guided tour of the ins and outs of the tradition's approach to meditation, enlightenment, and the oneness of all things. To read it is to enter into one of modern Japanese Zen's most subtle and sophisticated minds.
Sekkei Harada skillfully pushes us to drop...
by Ajahn Brahm
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Go beyond mindfulness—practice kindfulness!
Here Ajahn Brahm introduces a new kind of meditation: kindfulness. Kindfulness is the cause of relaxation. It brings ease to the body, to the mind, and to the world. Kindfulness allows healing to happen. So don’t just be mindful, be kindful!
With...
Meditation on Perception
Ten Healing Practices to Cultivate Mindfulness
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Use the unique Buddhist practice of meditation on perception, as taught by the best-selling author of Mindfulness in Plain English, to learn how shifting your perspective can transform mental and physical health.
Perception—one of the basic constituents of the body and mind—can be both...
Focused and Fearless
A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2008
With this accesssible guide, meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain extraordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples and pragmatic "how to" instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted...
The Attention Revolution
Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly thirty years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An...
Perfect Conduct
Ascertaining the Three Vows
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
All religions teach codes of ethical behavior. So too does Buddhism. This books is a translation of an indispensable exposition of the three sets of vows that are central to Tibetan Buddhist codes of discipline--the pratimoksa vows of individual liberation; the vows of the bodhisattva, who selflessly...
Mindfulness with Breathing
A Manual for Serious Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Any practitioner, after meditating for some time, inevitably wonders what meditation method the historical Buddha Shakyamuni himself used while beneath the Bodhi Tree. Many people understand that prior to his realization, Shakyamuni Buddha studied with many of the great yogis of his time, but most...
The Meaning of Life
Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2005
Using the traditional Buddhist allegorical image of the Wheel of Life and the teaching of the twelve links of dependent origination, the Dalai Lama deftly illustrates how our existence, though fleeting and often full of woes, brims with the potential for peace and happiness. We can realize that potential...
Approaching the Great Perfection
Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Approaching the Great Perfection looks at a seminal figure of this lineage, Jigme Lingpa, an eighteenth-century scholar and meditation master whose cycle of teachings, the Longchen Nyingtig,...